Announcements
AUCD 2023 Conference - Congratulations, Awardees!
The annual AUCD Awards gives us an opportunity to recognize individuals, programs, and organizations that have demonstrated exceptional leadership and made outstanding contributions. The AUCD Awards represent the 'best of the best' within our Network, and local, state, and federal partners. This year, we honored 10 awardees.
Listening Session Request
High Alpha Innovation is partnering with a national health insurance firm to identify new solutions and programs to help SNAP-eligible people with disabilities get into, use, and renew the program. The most important part of the effort is to identify the right problems to work on, which can only be done by listening to the experiences of people who are eligible for, are using, or previously used SNAP. They would like to spend 45 mins to one hour with a group of individuals, or 20-30 minutes with individuals, who have experience in SNAP. The goal is to listen to first hand experiences of how people from across a diversity of demographics and circumstances are experiencing the program today and what could be made better. Please email Liz Schneider at eschneider@aucd.org if you can connect us to potential interviewees.
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Funding
Deadline: December 18, 2023
Award Ceiling: $300,000
AUCD is seeking proposals for a contracted entity to fulfill a scope of work central to an effort federally funded by the AoD, Administration for Community Living (ACL) that will seek to co-create a nationwide comprehensive, consensus-based peer support model to advance the use of AAC. This one-year planning project is anticipated to yield a rich source of recommendations for peer support models anticipated to improve the lives of AAC users.
Deadline: March 1, 2024
Award Ceiling: TBD
This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) focuses on understanding bidirectional relationships between social media use and adolescent mental health, psychiatric symptoms, and risk or resilience for psychopathology. For the purposes of this NOFO, social media are defined as internet-based communication platforms and applications that enable interactions between users by sharing or consuming information. The NOFO focuses on adolescents (broadly defined here as 10-20 years of age), who have increasing access to social media and greater autonomy in their use of digital platforms. No effectiveness/efficacy trials will be accepted.
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Resources
ADA Live! Understanding the Effects of PTSD
The Southeast ADA Regional Center released the latest episode of the ADA Live! Podcast, Understanding the Effects of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Presenters discussed how people with disabilities can be affected by traumatic events or experiences, including PTSD, and how symptoms can vary from person to person. Presenters discussed how PTSD may be covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) as a disability that impacts more than one major life activity.
Two November podcasts on Think Inclusive feature interviews with leaders in early childhood education and inclusive practices for learners in early childhood settings. Valerie Williams, Director of the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) will share her insights on November 16. On November 30, Lori Miranda from Palm Beach Public Schools will be the speaker. The Maryland Coalition for Inclusive Education (MCIE) produces Think Inclusive and works to build bridges between families, educators, and people with disabilities to advocate for inclusive education. This series is a partnership between ECTA and Think Inclusive.
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